Characterisation of long-term cancer survivors and application of statistical cure models: a protocol for an observational follow-up study in patients with colorectal cancer

• Main Authors: Sonia Pértega-Díaz (Author), Vanesa Balboa-Barreiro (Author), Rocío Seijo-Bestilleiro (Author), Cristina González-Martín (Author), Remedios Pardeiro-Pértega (Author), Loreto Yáñez-Go (Author), Teresa García-Rodríguez (Author), Teresa Seoane-Pillado (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2020-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Improved colorectal cancer (CRC) survival rates have been reported over the last years, with more than half of these patients surviving more than 5 years after the initial diagnosis. Better understanding these so-called long-term survivors could be very useful to further improve...